Katrina and Simon Alexander will be following a tried and true approach with their stable star La Crique when she resumes in Saturday’s Group 1 Thorndon Mile (1600m) at Trentham.
The Matamata training duo will run the high-class daughter of Vadamos first-up in the feature ahead of another domestic target before thoughts turn to Australia.
La Crique hasn’t raced since she finished fourth in the Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) during the Melbourne spring carnival and will be chasing an identical Thorndon result to that achieved 12 months ago by fellow trainer Andrew Forsman and the now retired Murray Baker.
“It’s interesting and we raised a few eyebrows when we said this is what we’re going to do, but The Chosen One did it last year,” Katrina Alexander said. “He came back from Australia and had a trial and then went into the Thorndon and won it so we’re giving that a crack, too.”
La Crique won the Group 1 Arrowfield Plate (1600m) second-up in the spring and has previously won over 1500m off a break.